ALIGHT

ALI'GHT, verb intransitive 1. To get down or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage.2. To descend and settle; as, a flying bird alights on a tree.3. To fall or descend and lodge; as, snow alights on a roof.

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alight. Alight, v.i. to fall upon, descend, get off a horse

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A‐light″ (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alighted (�) sometimes Alit (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting.] [[OE. alihten, fr. AS. ālīhtan; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + līhtan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. līht, leoht, light. See Light, v. i.]] 1. 1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
2. 2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
3. 3. To come or chance (upon).